This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: Two high school seniors and their teacher on what it's like to visit death camps in Poland while war is raging in Israel; a family struggling with the father's PTSD has a message for others in the same position

They don't brandish signs, don't decry the government, don't resist police officers and don't even hold up photos. The Shift 101 group of protesters has decided that the best way to protest the lack of a hostage deal is simply to sit without a word, blocking government offices

The pro-Iranian militias in Iraq have become so independent that they are threatening Tehran's ambition to improve relations with the West

At the height of its aggressiveness, the United States was more restrained than Israel was in Gaza – so we won't hang the claim that we are more moral on that comparison

ISRAEL - LEBANON: Man in northern Israel killed in barrage of rockets from Lebanon; Hezbollah chief says the group has passed on its cease-fire demands and is awaiting an Israeli response ■ GAZA: U.S. vetoes UN Security Council resolution on a cease-fire; Israeli strikes kill at least 33 Palestinians across Gaza on Wednesday; food prices spike after the looting of aid trucks ■ THE HAGUE: The ICC issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and a Hamas leader for alleged war crimes

As always, the Israeli prime minister does not work to shape reality, but to shape the perception of reality ■ The attorney general knows that leaving her post would lead to the collapse of the State Attorney's Office – and that Yariv Levin is hovering above like a voracious vulture

The world court's decision could also give a tailwind to the criminal complaints and investigations against IDF soldiers and commanders that are being conducted in numerous countries ■ From civilian visits to combat areas to conduct akin to that of a militia, the IDF's disciplinary problems getting worse